Have you ever heard of Round Top? Warrenton? Junk Gypsy? Well, twice a year, Round Top, Texas, is the place to be. The MIL and I have been attending the April Round Top Antique Festival for a few years now and our favorite part of the event is going to Prom-o-Rama! Prom-o-Rama is held right outside the Junk Gypsy tent and everyone comes dressed up in prom dresses and other crazy outfits. There’s always a couple of bands playing so get ready to dance. It is so much fun..tons of quirky shopping. I always buy next year’s prom dress in advance. Can’t wait until April to wear my yellow frock!! But you don’t have to wait until April. You can go in October. It’s probably too late to find lodging because they get booked a year in advance in some places but if you live in Austin, it’s only an hour or so drive. Just a word to the wise and well, the not rich: stay away from Marburger. It’s ridiculously expensive to get in and you probably can’t afford anything once you do. We made that mistake the first year but not since. Stick to the stuff in the fields. It is more affordable and more fun to look at unless you have a mansion to decorate. Which we don’t so….

Last April, I made the acquaintance of Jolie Sykes, one of the Junk Gypsy owner’s and her little boy, Cash. I had just bought my camera and had so much fun taking pics of everyone in their prom outfits. I actually met a guy who swears his prom date wore my dress to their high school senior prom back in 1950-something in Galveston. What are the odds? Anyway, she contacted me this week to see if she could use some of the photos I took in April in her email campaign for the October prom. So here are a few for fun. You should definitely go. Stop in and say hello…you can pick up a Junk Gypsy t-shirt for me too if you want